New Delhi: Amidst the growing number of Coronavirus cases in the country, the Narendra Modi led BJP government is under public scrutiny over the alleged scam in the purchasing of ventilators.
On Monday, afternoon, social media users took to Twitter to express their views on the matter, and soon the hashtag #PMVentilatorScam was among the top trending hashtags on Twitter India. The topic was among the top three trending topics on the micro-blogging site at 6:00 pm on Monday.
The users also questioned the government’s decision to not provide the audit of the PM-Cares fund and demanded that transparency should be maintained over the funds collected by the people.
The campaign comes on the back of the claims of scam made by noted activist Saket Gokhale alleging that there was a scam by the government in the purchasing of the ventilators during the COVID-19 crisis in the country.
Opposition party Congress also soon joined the campaign and posted several questions and claims on the alleged scam. It also demanded that the Prime Minister to come out and clarify to the people of the country as the money collected from them has been allegedly misused and scammed.
Here are some of the tweets posted with the hashtag.
NOTE: The claims made in the tweets embedded below or the ideas presented in them are those solely of the users. Vartha Bharati does not guarantee the authenticity of any of the claims or does not necessarily endorse the ideas, views posted by any of the users.
On 20 Jun, I wrote about how PM CARES claimed to spend 4 lakhs on 1 ventilator that costs between 1-2 lacs.
— Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) July 6, 2020
AgVa claims it’s ventilator is 1.5 lacs.
Developer of BEL-Skanray ventilators says price is less than 1 lac.
Where’s the remaining 1500+ crores going?#PMVentilatorScam https://t.co/BzkvwcznYw
On 31 Mar, Modi govt ordered 40K ventilators (30K from BEL-Skanray & 10K from AgVa).
— Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) July 6, 2020
On 23 Jun, PM CARES claims to have placed a similar order (30K BEL-Skanray & 10K AgVa).
Are these 2 separate orders or is PM CARES passing off the govt's order as its own?#PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/A0HL8qsylz
PM-Cares is not BJP's private fund, it is money collected from the public and should be subject to all levels of transparency.#PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/Y56DEPNLka
— Congress (@INCIndia) July 6, 2020
The government must answer these four pertinent questions regarding AgVa aka 'PMCares' ventilators. #PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/Kr9A407Whj
— Saral Patel (@SaralPatel) July 6, 2020
Credit to @SaketGokhale for unearthing another scam.
— Spirit of Congress (@SpiritOfCongres) July 6, 2020
Look how shamelessly govt is playing with the people's lives to make few people rich.#PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/w5M4KuiGfI
As the country faces one of the greatest human tragedies of our times, the BJP continues doing what it does the best, Scamming people and benefiting their cronies. - This time through PM Cares Fund. ?#PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/j2BdkYRDaw
— Sneha (@sneha2986) July 6, 2020
Will the govt care to explain? #PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/Tx7Uq94XtR
— Hasiba Amin ? (@HasibaAmin) July 6, 2020
Ventilators give life support to people . @BJP4India has snatched away the right to live of those affected with corona.
— Jeenal Gala (@JeenalGala) July 6, 2020
They did not even think once before playing with the lives of their own people . #PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/9DdyCZ85xC
Q: Why Government is quoting 1.5 Lakh₹ Ventilator at 4 lakh ₹ ?
— Aditya Ojha (@adityaojha075) July 6, 2020
A: Bihar Elections.
#PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/mLNamfrMxV
PM Cares is the most secret, opaque fund ever!
— Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) July 6, 2020
BJP is surely using the fund for
?Buying MLAs
?Buying Fake Ventilators
?Buying more ppl in Media
?Buying more BJP IT cell trolls
Can Modi say why RTI isn't applicable for PM Cares?
PM Cares is not Modi's FD#PMVentilatorScam
The Ventilator scam raises so many qs. Why did the Govt pay extra 2.5 lakhs per ventilator? Was there an open bidding how was d supplier selected? PM fund was allocated for 50K units order was for 40K units! Shameless Govt minting money during COVID crises #PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/Fa8PE5XAkB
— Priyamwada Thakur (@PriaINC) July 6, 2020
Overpriced & substandard PM Cares ventilators that endanger lives, are lying unused in a warehouse. #PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/i5GOFR2PIi
— Geet V (@geetv79) July 6, 2020
#PMVentilatorScam
— Rahul Mukherji (@RahulMukherji5) July 6, 2020
There is an opportunity in every crisis and the deeper the crisis, the better the opportunity can be.
Guess who took it in the literal sense? pic.twitter.com/accS7eGvsF
Why is Modi Government compromising the health of lakhs of patients with sub standard ventilators at such a critical time?#PMVentilatorScam pic.twitter.com/HIaNIrKOHv
— All India Mahila Congress (@MahilaCongress) July 6, 2020
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Raichur (Karnataka), May 3: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday said his 90-year-old father and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and mother Chennamma were in "pain" following the alleged sexual abuse of several women by his nephew and MP Prajwal Revanna.
The JD(S) leader lashed out at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for accusing him and Deve Gowda of consulting lawyers regarding the legal fight to protect the Hassan MP, and said he does not have humanity.
"I want to ask the chief minister of this state whether he has any respect for parents -- I don't know from what culture you (CM) have come from. Today you have posted a statement on twitter (now X) stating that -- on one hand Gowda and Kumaraswamy say that the accused must be punished while on the other hand they have called the lawyer to Gowda's house to discuss on how to save the accused (Prajwal) and set things right legally," Kumaraswamy said.
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"This chief minister doesn't have humanity," he told reporters here. "I don't want to speak about his (CM) family to take protection... My parents are in pain. To give them confidence so that things don't affect their life, to comfort them, I was with them in their house in Bengaluru both yesterday and day before yesterday."
He further said, "Get video recordings from media persons stationed in front of our houses and see, Mr Siddaramaiah, as to which lawyer came to our house and how we discussed saving the accused", Kumaraswamy said, addressing the chief minister.
"You may not have respect for parents, you may not have come from that culture. For me, my parents are important. I know about (my father's) 60 years of political life, and how my mother (Chennamma) has led her life," he said.
The 33-year-old Prajwal Revanna is the son of H D Deve Gowda's elder son H D Revanna, who is an MLA and a former minister. Prajwal is the BJP-JD(S) alliance's candidate from Hassan, which went to the polls on April 26.
Explicit video clips allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna sexually abusing several women had started making the rounds in Hassan in recent days. The state government has constituted a SIT to investigate the allegations against the MP.
Kumaraswamy also flayed attempts at dragging Deve Gowda's name into the issue.
"You might not know or have forgotten how he (Deve Gowda) has led his life. We have said several times now: whoever has done wrong should face punishment. Still such statements are being made," he added.
Siddaramaiah, the 'bete noire' of Deve Gowda, was together with the JD(S) patriarch for a long time politically as part of the Janata Dal and JD(S) before he joined the Congress.
Siddaramaiah on Friday alleged that Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy were consulting lawyers.
"Kumaraswamy and Deve Gowda, who said that they don't have anything to do with (developments in) Revanna's family, have called a lawyer to their house and have held discussions. When they went for the election campaign, they said that 'I am not different, Prajwal Revanna is not different. They all do political and sinful acts together," the chief minister alleged.